Fire and Ice

[Gus Cobos]

This sexy lady resides in my Pops living room. She was painted by a Nikon D200, using a Nikkor 200mm f/4D macro lens.

focal length @ 200mm / exposure mode @ aperture priority / 1/30sec. - f/4.2 / ISO @ 200 / metering mode @ matrix / white balance @ cloudy / AF-Mode @ manual / exposure comp @ -0.7EV / tone comp @ +1 degree /
hue adjustment @ +2 degrees / saturation factor @ +2 degrees / no speedlight / 36" soft box and 22" gold reflector disk / color space @ sRGB / tripod assist / cable trigger release /

Comments greatly appreciated...:cool:

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Great capture of a very pretty flower Gus. Seems a little bit over saturated, specially the yellows and orange.
Great composition.
Regards,

[Bruce Gove]

Hi Gus,

Lovely capture!! Would like to see the purple flower parts a little more to the left. Love the detail and texture:)

Cheers,

Bruce

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Gus, for me the colours are just right and I think that I like the purple bits where they are - would perhaps like more canvas on top??

[Lance Peters]

Hi Gus - nicely done. Love the colours and the contrast between them.

Personaly the OOF purple area's are distracting.

:)

[Harold Davis]

love the compo and the colors in this one, gus!! got a question for you....why wouldnt you use more dof in this one since there is no bg? just curious. which leads me to another thought. i wonder what this one would look like with lots of dof and the orton treatment!! just a couple of thoughts....i love the way the stamen look like the devil's pitchfork!!!

[Julie Kenward]

Gus, I agree about the purple stamen. Having the top half in focus and the bottom half OOF is a bit distracting. I definitely would have cranked up the aperture to f11 or more and then blurred out any section you didn't want in focus. Those purple stamen with the red/yellow flower are amazing!!!